Climate averages 1991–2020
Salem weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Salem: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiruchengode (42 km away). In September its highs average 32.1°C, about as warm as Salem, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Salem ranks joint 157th of 692 for the warmest September highs and joint 335th of 692 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 692 cities is 30.7°C; Salem is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 140 mm to 176 mm.
The annual picture
September in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Salem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 4.6 | 1.8 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 7.1 | 1.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 16 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 56 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 101 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 33.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 93 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 86 | 15.1 | 12.713 h |
| August | 32.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 105 | 15.5 | 12.513 h |
| September, selected | 31.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 140 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 176 | 18.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 122 | 13.6 | 11.612 h |
| December | 28.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 52 | 6.2 | 11.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
September in nearby cities
- Tiruchengode in SeptemberIndia · 42 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Kumarapalayam in SeptemberIndia · 54 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Erode in SeptemberIndia · 58 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Karur in SeptemberIndia · 78 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Kallakurichi in SeptemberIndia · 88 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Krishnagiri in SeptemberIndia · 96 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 114 mm rain
- Tiruppur in SeptemberIndia · 106 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Velampālaiyam in SeptemberIndia · 108 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 137 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Salem) is explained once on the Salem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.